Hannah Nuttall


Hannah Nuttall is a British athlete. She competes in middle-distance and cross-country running events. In 2024, she became British champion in the 5000 metres, retained the title in 2025, and also in 2025 became British indoor champion over 3000 metres.

Early life

Nuttall ran as a youngster for Charnwood Athletics club. Nuttall attended Loughborough College and had her first experience of representing Britain at the 2015 junior World Cross Country Championships held in Guiyang, China. A qualified nutritionist, she attended the University of New Mexico, and completed a master's degree at Loughborough University.

Career

In 2021 she won the mixed relay at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships held in Dublin. Shortly afterwards she began to be coached by Helen Clitheroe when she joined Team New Balance Manchester.

2023

In February 2023, Nuttall finished runner-up at the British national indoors championships over 3000m. She was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad for the 2023 European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul for the 3000m. She qualified for the final in the 3000m. Nuttall ran a personal best time of 8:46.30 as she achieved a fifth-placed finish in the final.
She was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023. It was the second time she had ever ran a 5000m race on the track, and she finished in second position overall in the First Division race, with a time of 15:29:49.

2024

In February 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, she ran a new personal best over 3000 metres, running 8:45.61. The following week she lowered her 5000m personal best to 15:03.39 in Boston. She finished second at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 3000 metres. She was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she competed in the women's 3000 metres in which she finished twelfth in the final.
She set a new outdoors personal best over 5000m running 14:57.91 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on 17 May 2024. The following weekend she lowered that again in Leiden, in the Netherlands, to 14:52.65. She was selected to run the 5000 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. In 2024, she became British national 5000m champion in the 5000 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.

2025

She set a new 3000m personal best of 8:40.01 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on 2 February 2025. She won the 3000 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 23 February 2025. She was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, where she qualified for the final of the 3000 metres.
She ran a 3000 metres personal best of 8:33.82 at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League. She ran a personal best of 14:39.48 in the 5000m at the 2025 London Athletics Meet. On 2 August 2025, she retained her 5000m title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham Nuttall was eighth in 8:44.74 over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. In September 2025, she was a finalist over 5000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing eighth overall.
Nuttal was runner-up at the Manchester Road Race, Connecticut, on 27 November 2025, finishing behind Weini Kelati.

2026

On 24 January 2026, Nuttall ran 3000 metres in an indoor personal best of 8:38.96 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston. On 1 February, Nuttall ran a lifetime best to finish second at the Millrose Games in New York, running the 3000m in 8:32.94 to finish behind Kenya’s Doris Lemngole.

Results and personal bests

All results taken from World Athletics
Championship results
YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTime
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham Arena3000m12th8:48.24
2024British Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham Arena3000m2nd9:01.94
2023European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsAtaköy Arena3000m5th8:46.30
2023British Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham Arena3000m2nd8:50.85
2023European Athletics Team ChampionshipsStadion Śląski5000m3rd15:29.49
2022British Athletics ChampionshipsManchester Regional Arena1500m4th4:20.25
2021European Cross Country ChampionshipsNational Sports CampusXC Mixed Relay1st18:01
2020British Athletics ChampionshipsManchester Regional ArenaSteeplechase3rd10:25.43
2019European Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon, PortugalXC U2331st22:28
2017British Athletics ChampionshipsAlexander Stadium1500mH1 6th4:19.39
2015British Indoor ChampionshipsEIS, Sheffield3000m8th9:28.82
2015World XC ChampionshipsGuiyang, ChinaXC U2045th22:23

Personal bests
SurfaceEventTimeDateVenue
Indoor track3000m8:32.941 February 2026New York
Indoor track5000m15:03.399 February 2024Boston University
Outdoor track1500m4:05.664 June 2023Hengelo, NED
Outdoor trackOne mile4:33.422 July 2022Morton Stadium
Outdoor track3000m8:33.8215 June 2025Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Outdoor track5000m14:39.4819 July 2025London, England
Outdoor trackSteeplechase10:25.439 September 2017Manchester, GBR

Personal life

Nuttall is the daughter of former athletes Alison Wyeth and John Nuttall. Her brother Luke Nuttall is also an athlete, as is her stepsister Eilish McColgan.